Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-24

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of quartz speaking the solid pudding
OF the feldspar. Quartz is Of simple
one Of the he,rdest. knock
out little chip of granite, and you
will observe that it is impossible to
powder the quartz in it by blows OF g.
hammer on the hearthstOne. You
perceive the hearthstone breaks, but
the quartz grains remain uncommin-
uted."
''Mr. Boulder" I began family. [
was made somewhat weak and help
less by my cold, or [ should have met
vigor with vigor.
"Pardon me, Smith! They remain,
say, uncomminuted. Let me advise
you TO be a geologist. l am going to
the hills to-day on an excursion.
Come. All! you have cold. Well, |
will stop exactly half an hour" Here
he pulled out his watch. 81 do want
you to share my enjoyment. [ do
want to make you feel the delight
caused by the study of geology. |
didn't think that I should take it up
myself when | turned out Jack s draw
ers. Page over-persuaded me. He's
just the man to bring the science home
to you. All! Mrs. Boulder doesn't
know it; but I've carried up her spare
sheets and blankets into one of the
attics, and have most beautiful ex-
pertinent on the formation of mud.
BANKS from aqueous deposit in her
linen chest. I've mixed up earth and
shells and g shilling's worth of shrimps.
In few days, when [ drain the water
off 20
show you how the top crust of the
world is formed, and how the remains
Of extinct animals get to be mixed
with it. Only, if Mrs. B. should by
chance 90 to the chest before the ex-
pertinent is finished O, those women
Those women!
"But now, Smith, as you've got
cold, and can't 60 to the hills, I'll
show you how q geologist need go no
further than his own room for study
of incomparably the most glorious of
sciences. I'll give you to-day only an
elementary lesson. When | come
next, we'll go into the thing more COM
pletely. Now, look here down
came the hammer on the corner of my
mantelpiece- 81 break off this little
bit OF metamorphic rock; the charac-
ter has been destroyed by polishing;
but now, what beauty have not re-
Vealed?"
Boulder" I cried, "give me your
hammer. Let me send your hammer
down into the hail."
"Thank you, thank you; shall be
going presently. TITS not worth while.
Dismiss from your mind what was
just saying about aqueous rocks.
Above the igneous you have the meta
morphic-you have, to speak fa-
miliarly, the mantelpiece upon the
paper weight, and not the paper weight
upon the mantelpiece."
81 have, have II"
"TO be sure you have. Heat and
the pressure OF the superintendent
strata have given to these metamor-
phic rocks their crystalline appear
ance, though it is believed that they
were once deposited by water, and
been extinguished. Well, then, Smith,
on the top of metamorphic rocks, on
the top of the mantelpiece, we place
Sir Roderic Murchison."
"Can it be possible?
eyes, Murchison and the Silurian
rocks defined and discovered by him.
They used to be called, along with
some others, the Greywacke lorna
tion."
"Oh, indeed!'
eyes. Here we have certain sand
stones, shales, limestones, fagstones,
and the states near Bala. By Jove,
Smith, you've slate top to that con-
sole table. II it should be Silurian,
you happy dog Ii it should be silu-
rian !"
Up leaped my friend, and up leaped
[, but not in time to save the chip
ping Of rather costly bit of furniture.
"Boulderl' I cried, hoarse with rage
and rheum together, "break another
piece of furniture. and We are enemies
forever!"
"Ah! my boy, you have your en-
thusiasm yet to come. I'll promise
to break nothing of any value. But
OF what value are these precious pol
ished specimens of yours? Their
values doubled when they show the
fracture and the cleverage and that
sort of thing. Nay, I'll break nothing
more. Well, then, above the Silurian
you have the old red sandstone, and
then above that, ha, ha!-but it's all
fair to break coal-above that the
COAL"
A heavy lump Of coal was suddenly
whipped out Of the coal-scuttIe, and
being hammered into fragments on the
breakfast cloth before [ could effect
ually interfere.
''It is most interesting to search
coal for the remains of extinct vege-
table life. The markings sometimes
are of the most beautiful description.
The whole Of yesterday I spent in our
coal cellar, and more delightful day
[ never -"
A loud knock at the street door
startled us. Mr.. Boulder was picking
carefully about the contents of the
coal-scuttle, and had spread some
choice bits on the rug for further in
vestigation, when servant appeared
to report that Mrs. Boulder wished,
If Mr.. B. was disengaged, to see him
instantly.
'Ah!" said my friend, laying an
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